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Using a browser to download a browser is for people who don’t know how to use a package manager.

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6 points

So real

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You need a browser to install a packages manager on Windows or Mac.

(Unless you’ve memorized the urls you need and can use curl)

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21 points

Windows has WinGet now. It’s probably already installed but if not, their install page says it can be installed from the Microsoft Store. It also has WSL for running Linux programs.

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They couldn’t create a tool without putting Win in it’s name even :)

Guess we should add Lin to all the Linux package managers…

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4 points

Both Windows and Mac come with package managers of sorts. Windows has WinGet and the Windows Store. Mac has the App Store.

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2 points

That’s fair. App Store as the GUI equivalent of a package manager makes sense.

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Everyone who needs to use Mac or Windows due to work will very likely not have permissions to install anything anyway. And the lost souls using those “Operating Systems” out of free will … well “some just need to be left behind. The family doesn’t need to care for them anymore.”

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4 points

Dev world is heavily on Mac as its more stable & still Unix based.

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Package managers are great until you realize you don’t know if you need to install “firefox” or “Morzilla Firefox” or “Firefox browser”, only to realize you don’t know how Mozilla is spelled.

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